The V-Chip Is Designed to Allow Parents to

question 15

Multiple Choice

The V-chip is designed to allow parents to

• A)filter out inappropriate Web sites on the Internet.
• B)limit access of children to certain TV programming.
• C)make it impossible for youngsters to play certain video games on their home video game systems.
• D)none of the above.

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Definitions:

Catastrophism

The theory that the Earth has been shaped by sudden, short-lived, violent events, possibly worldwide in scope, contrasting with uniformitarianism which emphasizes gradual changes.

Mitosis

A kind of cell division that produces new cells having exactly the same number of chromosome pairs, and hence copies of genes, as the parent cell.

Cell Division

The process by which a parent cell divides into two or more daughter cells, critical for growth, reproduction, and repair in organisms.

Parent Cells

Cells that divide to produce daughter cells through the process of mitosis or meiosis, involved in growth, repair, and reproduction in living organisms.